create-ideas

Generate ideas in one shot using creative sampling. Based on Verbalized Sampling - a training-free prompting strategy to mitigate mode collapse in LLMs by requesting responses with probabilities. Achieves 2-3x diversity improvement while maintaining quality.

Different from /sdd:brainstorm, by much simpler and faster approach, but focused on generating ideas in one shot, don't include refinement, focuses on creativity. Can be used for any other purpose that include creative thinking.

• Purpose - Generate responses which require high diversity and creativity, like brainstorming or creative writing

• Output - List of ideas with text and probability scores

/sdd:create-ideas [topic or problem] [optional: number of ideas]

Arguments

Topic or problem to generate ideas for. Optionally specify the number of ideas to generate (defaults to 5).

How It Works

1. Creative Sampling: Uses verbalized probability sampling to generate diverse responses

   • Requests responses from the full distribution or distribution tails

   • Each response includes a probability score (< 0.10 for tail sampling)

   • Reduces mode collapse common in standard LLM generation

2. Output Format: Returns a list where each item contains:

   • Text: The generated idea or response

   • Probability: Numeric score indicating sampling position

Usage Examples

# Generate creative ideas for a feature
/sdd:create-ideas ways to improve user onboarding

# Brainstorm solutions to a problem
/sdd:create-ideas reduce API response times

# Creative writing prompts
/sdd:create-ideas write jokes about cats

# Generate more ideas
/sdd:create-ideas 10 marketing slogans for a fitness app

# Technical alternatives
/sdd:create-ideas caching strategies for real-time data

When to Use

• Use /sdd:create-ideas when you need quick, diverse ideas without refinement

• Use /sdd:brainstorm when you need thorough exploration with validation and documentation

Best practices

• Be specific about the domain - "API error handling patterns" vs just "error handling"

• Use for divergent thinking - Generate many options before converging on solutions

• Review probability scores - Lower probabilities indicate more creative/unusual ideas

• Combine with brainstorm - Use create-ideas for initial ideation, then brainstorm to refine